An-Najah Staff

                                                  An Najah National University

         Faculty of Higher Studies   Clean Energy and Energy Conservation Engineering

       Course : Renewable Energy 2     Course No. : 463607         Credit Hours :  3

       Exams :  1^st : 20 Marks  , 2^nd : 20 Marks  ,  Activity : 10 Marks  , Final 50 Marks

                                 Instructor : Prof. Dr. Marwan M Mahmoud

       Course Goals :  Establishment of  basic knowledge   on renewable energy technology

                                 and development of  renewable energy systems for different

 Course Content :

• Wind Energy

  -  Weibull distribution

  -  Aerodynamics of airfoils and turbines

  -  Wind turbine power,energy and torque

  -  Control of wind energy converters

  -  Electric power generators

  -  Design of wind electric power converters and their applications

  -  Design of  wind mechanical  energy converters and their applications

  -  Illustration and analysis of representatives wind electric and wind mechanic

     energy systems

• Photovoltaic Power Generators
  • Solar cells technology
    • monocrysalline silicon solar cells
    • polycrystalline silicon solar cells
    • thin film solar cells
  • I V-characteristics , peak power , fill factor and efficiency of solar cells
  • Photovoltaic modules : monocrystalline , polycrystalline and amorphous
  • I V –characteristics of PV modules
  • PV array and generator
  • The  PV power system
    • Charge regulator  (DC/DC- Converter )
    • Inverter
  • The decentralized PV power system ( solar home system )
  • The centralized PV power  system

• Storage Batteries
  • The different types of  storage batteries
  • Lead acid storage batteries and their characteristics
    • the Watt-Hour and Ampere- Hour capacity and efficiency of a battery
    • the depth of discharge  ( DOD ) an the state of charge
    • the specific gravity
  • Regular storage batteries
  • Block storage batteries
  • Design of storage battery systems

• Solar Electric Power Systems
  • Design of solar power systems for various applications
  • Design of hybrid power systems

• Biogas Technology
  • Biogas digesters , anaerobic digestion
  • The digestion materials and their characteristics
  • Biogas  characteristics and production
  • Design of biogas digesters
  • Application of  biogas
  • Testing results of representative biogas projects